'Cocaine Bear' Director Elizabeth Banks Has Known Her Husband for Decades
'Cocaine Bear' director Elizabeth Banks has been happily married to her husband for 2 decades now. How did they meet? Here's what we all know/
We have Elizabeth Banks to thank for the most productive film of the previous decade – we are speaking about her magnum opus Cocaine Bear, obviously.
And whilst we know so much about her skilled lifestyles, not as a lot is known about her personal one.
One question you might have: How did Elizabeth and her husband meet within the first place? Forget the endure for a 2nd, we need to understand how lengthy Elizabeth and her husband were fortuitously married! (We want to consider in real love after all, now not cocaine-eating bears.)
Here's the entirety we find out about Elizabeth Banks's husband.
Elizabeth Banks met her husband in school.
It all began at a fraternity party in 1993 on the University of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth published to The Hollywood Reporter that she and her husband, Max Handelman, have formally been in combination for 30ish years (she stated 26 and a half within the interview, which was revealed in 2019, FYI.)
Elizabeth additionally published that she sought after to start out generating when she partnered up with Max.
The Cocaine Bear director also mentioned in the similar 2019 interview, "We were looking at how to make a life together, I felt like he was a real bloodhound for material and had a really good eye for things. And I had more ambition for myself than was available to me in our industry, right? So I just kept wondering when the role and the movie that I was born to play was going to happen."
In addition to being a sportswriter, Max used to be a producer for Surrogates, Pitch Perfect, the 2019 version of Charlie's Angels (you already know, the only his spouse Elizabeth wrote, produced, and directed) and the Pitch Perfect sequels.
The Pitch Perfect movies, Charlie's Angels, and Cocaine Bear were all produced through Elizabeth and Max's personal production corporate, Brownstone Productions, which was once founded in 2002 (a 12 months before the couple tied the knot!)
Do Elizabeth and Max have any children together?
Elizabeth and Max have two sons in combination, with Elizabeth being very open about the truth that her boys, Felix and Magnus Mitchell, were delivered via surrogate.
The Cocaine Bear director wrote in a 2011 weblog put up pronouncing the beginning of Felix, "The one true hurdle I’ve faced in life is that I have a broken belly. After years of trying to get pregnant, exploring the range of fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our journey led us to gestational surrogacy."
She added, "From that came two miracles. The first was meeting our carrier and her husband who were truly humbling in their decency and generosity. And the second miracle was the birth of our baby boy, Felix Handelman. Felix means "glad" and "fortunate" in Latin. And true to his name, Felix is a very happy baby and a blessing on our life." Magnus used to be born 12 months after Felix.
Elizabeth and Max don't share footage in their sons on social media (understandably so!) however they are always lovable about posting lovable couples pics.
After all, the couple that produces in combination, stays in combination! You can see Cocaine Bear now in theaters.
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